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Ion Nicolaescu

Ion Nicolaescu

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Maccabi Tel Aviv
Age27
CitizenshipMoldova Romania
Height1.84 m
Footright
BornSeptember 7, 1998
at Maccabi Tel Aviv 327 days · joined 2025-07-01
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €1.50m
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
15/16
debut season
0.29
goals / match
DAC Dunajska Streda
top club · 53 apps

Career highs

€1.50m
peak value · 2024
€1.30m
top transfer fee · 23/24
19
best season · 22/23
65 / 17
int'l caps / goals
218Appearances
64Goals
18Assists
26Yellow cards
0Red cards
33Full matches (90′)
Full nameIon Nicolaescu
Date of birth1998-09-07 (27 yrs)
Place of birthCahul, Moldova
CitizenshipMoldova Romania
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height184.00 m
Current clubMaccabi Tel Aviv
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires2028-06-30
AgentRafnet_Investments
Jul 2025
25/26 — Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2025
Transfer: Heerenveen → M. Tel Aviv
25/26 · Transfer · €1.30m
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — SC Heerenveen
29 matches · 12 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2024
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Oct 2023
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Aug 2023
Transfer: B. Jerusalem → Heerenveen
23/24 · Transfer · €1.30m
Jul 2023
23/24 — Beitar Jerusalem, SC Heerenveen
23 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2022
Transfer: Dunajska Streda → B. Jerusalem
22/23 · Transfer · €90k
Jul 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — DAC Dunajska Streda, Beitar Jerusalem
46 matches · 19 G · 10 A · across 6 competitions
Jun 2022
Transfer: M. Petah Tikva → Dunajska Streda
21/22 · Return from loan
Jan 2022
Transfer: Dunajska Streda → M. Petah Tikva
21/22 · Loan
Dec 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Nov 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — DAC Dunajska Streda, Maccabi Petah Tikva
30 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 6 competitions
Sep 2020
Transfer: Soligorsk → Dunajska Streda
20/21 · Transfer · €250k
Sep 2020
Transfer: Vitebsk → Soligorsk
20/21 · Return from loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — DAC Dunajska Streda
27 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
2020 — FK Vitebsk
18 matches · 9 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2020
Transfer: Soligorsk → Vitebsk
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
2019 — Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2018
Transfer: Zimbru Chisinau → Soligorsk
18/19 · Transfer · €100k
Jul 2018
18/19 — Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
2018 — Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
17/18 — FC Zimbru Chisinau
11 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
Transfer: Z. Chisinau U19 → Zimbru Chisinau
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — FC Zimbru Chisinau
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — FC Zimbru Chisinau
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
2,933 min
Minutes played by club
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2.2%
SC Heerenveen 12.6%
Beitar Jerusalem 26.2%
DAC Dunajska Streda 25.1%
Maccabi Petah Tikva 23.4%
FK Vitebsk 5.2%
Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 0.0%
FC Zimbru Chisinau 5.3%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 25/26 25/26 7 1 0 64
SC Heerenveen 2 23/24 24/25 49 17 1 370
Beitar Jerusalem 2 22/23 23/24 35 18 8 769
DAC Dunajska Streda 3 20/21 22/23 53 9 4 736
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1 21/22 21/22 18 5 3 685
FK Vitebsk 1 2020 2020 18 9 1 153
Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 4 18/19 2019 15 0 0 0
FC Zimbru Chisinau 3 15/16 17/18 23 5 1 156

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€375K15€750K22€1.1M29€1.5M17/18 — 5 goals (FC Zimbru Chisinau)17/18 — 1 assists617/1818/1919/2020/21 — 7 goals (DAC Dunajska Streda)20/21 — 2 assists920/212020 — 9 goals (FK Vitebsk)2020 — 1 assists10202021/22 — 6 goals (Maccabi Petah Tikva)21/22 — 3 assists921/2222/23 — 19 goals (Beitar Jerusalem)22/23 — 10 assists2922/2323/24 — 5 goals (SC Heerenveen)23/24 — 1 assists623/2424/25 — 12 goals (SC Heerenveen)1224/2525/26 — 1 goals (Maccabi Tel Aviv)125/2617/18 — €50K18/19 — €50K19/20 — €50K20/21 — €300K21/22 — €300K22/23 — €600K23/24 — €1M24/25 — €1.5M25/26 — €1.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

15/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 7720/212018: 0020182019: 0020192020: 99202021/22: 6621/2222/23: 191922/2323/24: 5523/2424/25: 121224/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

15/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/212018: 0020182019: 0020192020: 11202021/22: 3321/2222/23: 101022/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Aluf haAlufim Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 0 1 0 0
25/26 Champions League Qu. Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 Europa League Qualifying Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 0 1 0 0
25/26 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1 0 0 0 64
24/25 Eredivisie SC Heerenveen 25 8 0 1 0 159
24/25 KNVB Beker SC Heerenveen 3 3 0 0 0 51
24/25 Play-Offs Conference League SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 0 21
23/24 Aluf haAlufim Beitar Jerusalem 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Eredivisie SC Heerenveen 19 5 1 1 0 139
23/24 KNVB Beker SC Heerenveen 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 UECL Quali Beitar Jerusalem 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Fortuna Liga DAC Dunajska Streda 9 1 1 0 0 270
22/23 Gvia haMedina Beitar Jerusalem 5 3 2 1 0 131
22/23 Ligat ha'Al Beitar Jerusalem 20 14 4 6 0 125
22/23 Ligat ha'Al - Relegation round Beitar Jerusalem 7 1 2 1 0 513
22/23 Slovnaft Cup DAC Dunajska Streda 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 UECL Quali DAC Dunajska Streda 4 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 Fortuna Liga DAC Dunajska Streda 8 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Petah Tikva 8 4 2 0 0 138
21/22 Ligat ha'Al - Relegation round Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 1 1 0 0 547
21/22 Slovnaft Cup DAC Dunajska Streda 2 1 0 0 0 105
21/22 UECL Quali DAC Dunajska Streda 2 0 0 1 0 0
2020 Vysheyshaya Liga FK Vitebsk 18 9 1 3 0 153
2019 Vysheyshaya Liga Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 5 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Vysheyshaya Liga Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 8 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Europa League Qualifying DAC Dunajska Streda 2 2 0 0 0 36
20/21 Fortuna Liga DAC Dunajska Streda 15 4 1 1 0 140
20/21 Nike Liga - Champ. G. DAC Dunajska Streda 7 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Slovnaft Cup DAC Dunajska Streda 3 1 1 0 0 185
19/20 Europa League Qualifying Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Belarusian Cup Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025) 2 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Divizia National FC Zimbru Chisinau 11 5 1 4 0 156
16/17 Divizia Nationala (-2017) FC Zimbru Chisinau 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Super Liga FC Zimbru Chisinau 9 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Divizia Nationala (-2017) FC Zimbru Chisinau 1 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
17/18 2017-07-01 Z. Chisinau U19 Zimbru Chisinau Transfer 0
18/19 2018-08-12 Zimbru Chisinau Soligorsk Transfer 50000 €100k
19/20 2020-01-21 Soligorsk Vitebsk Loan 50000
20/21 2020-09-15 Vitebsk Soligorsk Return from loan 250000
20/21 2020-09-16 Soligorsk Dunajska Streda Transfer 250000 €250k
21/22 2022-01-07 Dunajska Streda M. Petah Tikva Loan 300000
21/22 2022-06-30 M. Petah Tikva Dunajska Streda Return from loan 350000
22/23 2022-09-23 Dunajska Streda B. Jerusalem Transfer 350000 €90k
23/24 2023-08-07 B. Jerusalem Heerenveen Transfer 1000000 €1.30m
25/26 2025-07-01 Heerenveen M. Tel Aviv Transfer 1500000 €1.30m
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
21/22 Elbow injury 2021-09-16 2021-09-22 7 2
21/22 minor knock 2021-11-18 2021-11-24 7 1
21/22 unknown injury 2021-12-01 2022-01-07 38 3
22/23 Ill 2022-07-11 2022-07-15 5 1
23/24 Injury to abdominal muscles 2023-10-15 2023-11-10 27 4
23/24 Injury to abdominal muscles 2024-01-08 2024-03-17 70 10
24/25 unknown injury 2024-09-26 2024-10-07 12 2
24/25 Eye injury 2025-01-17 2025-03-01 44 5
Current€1.50m
Peak€1.50m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€1.45m
€50k€413k€775k€1.14m€1.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #30569 #18 8 0 retired national player
Team #24955 #9 3 0 retired national player
Team #6090 #9 54 17 current national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
András Schäfer 1 0 929
Espen van Ee 1 1 0
Bar Cohen 2 0 0
Sergiu Platica 1 0 0
Mihail Caimacov 1 1 0
Ion Jardan 1 0 0
Danylo Beskorovaynyi 1 0 0
Artur Ioniță 1 1 0
Yarden Shua 2 5 0
Orel Dgani 2 0 0
Simon Olsson 1 2 0
Andries Noppert 1 0 0
Vadim Rață 1 2 0
Martin Jedlicka 1 0 0
Trazié Thomas 2 3 0
César Blackman 2 0 0
Victor Stina 1 0 0
Dominik Kruzliak 2 2 0
Luuk Brouwers 1 2 0
Oliver Braude 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Ligat ha'Al Beitar Jerusalem 14 20
2020 Vysheyshaya Liga FK Vitebsk 9 18
24/25 Eredivisie SC Heerenveen 8 25

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
22/23 Ligat ha'Al Beitar Jerusalem 4 20
21/22 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Petah Tikva 2 8
22/23 Gvia haMedina Beitar Jerusalem 2 5

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
21/22 2022-06-30 M. Petah Tikva Dunajska Streda Return from loan €350k
21/22 2022-01-07 Dunajska Streda M. Petah Tikva Loan €300k
20/21 2020-09-15 Vitebsk Soligorsk Return from loan €250k
19/20 2020-01-21 Soligorsk Vitebsk Loan €50k

Last 50 matches for Maccabi Tel Aviv The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-05-24 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem Available
2025-05-19 ISR1 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-05-12 ISR1 Maccabi Netanya 1–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-05-05 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Available
2025-04-26 ISR1 Hapoel Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-04-21 ISR1 Beitar Jerusalem 3–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-04-14 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Available
2025-04-05 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Maccabi Netanya Available
2025-03-31 ISR1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-03-15 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Available
2025-03-08 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Haifa Available
2025-03-01 ISR1 Hapoel Hadera 2–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-02-22 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Bnei Raina INJURED Eye injury
2025-02-16 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Bnei Sachnin FC INJURED Eye injury
2025-02-09 ISR1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv INJURED Eye injury
2025-02-03 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem INJURED Eye injury
2025-01-27 ISR1 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv INJURED Eye injury
2025-01-18 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Maccabi Netanya INJURED Eye injury
2025-01-15 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Maccabi Bnei Raina Available
2025-01-11 ISR1 Ironi Tiberias 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2025-01-04 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–1 FC Ashdod Available
2025-01-01 ISR1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-12-21 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Maccabi Petach-Tikva Available
2024-12-16 ISR1 Hapoel Jerusalem 2–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-12-08 ISR1 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-12-05 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Hapoel Hadera Available
2024-12-02 ISR1 Maccabi Bnei Raina 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-11-10 ISR1 Bnei Sachnin FC 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-11-02 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Available
2024-10-28 ISR1 Beitar Jerusalem 3–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-10-19 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Haifa Available
2024-10-06 ISR1 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv INJURED unknown injury
2024-09-29 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Ironi Tiberias INJURED unknown injury
2024-09-22 ISR1 FC Ashdod 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-09-18 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Jerusalem Available
2024-09-14 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Available
2024-09-01 ISR1 Maccabi Petach-Tikva 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-05-25 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Bnei Raina Available
2024-05-21 ISR1 Hapoel Haifa 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-05-18 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Available
2024-05-11 ISR1 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-05-06 ISR1 Bnei Sachnin FC 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-04-27 ISR1 Maccabi Bnei Raina 2–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-04-20 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 Hapoel Haifa Available
2024-04-15 ISR1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Available
2024-04-08 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Available
2024-03-30 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Bnei Sachnin FC Available
2024-03-17 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Hapoel Haifa Available
2024-03-10 ISR1 Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv INJURED Injury to abdominal muscles
2024-03-02 ISR1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 Maccabi Petach-Tikva INJURED Injury to abdominal muscles

Teams faced most often by Ion Nicolaescu's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14 5 5 4 20 19 +1 36%
Hapoel Haifa 14 8 1 5 26 13 +13 57%
Maccabi Haifa 14 6 4 4 22 16 +6 43%
Maccabi Netanya 13 10 1 2 32 12 +20 77%
Maccabi Bnei Raina 12 5 2 5 21 18 +3 42%
Bnei Sachnin FC 11 6 3 2 21 10 +11 55%
Hapoel Jerusalem 9 5 2 2 15 14 +1 56%
Maccabi Petach-Tikva 9 8 1 0 26 7 +19 89%
Hapoel Hadera 9 5 3 1 18 6 +12 56%
FC Ashdod 9 7 2 0 24 9 +15 78%
Fortuna Sittard 7 3 2 2 12 12 0 43%
Feyenoord Rotterdam 6 1 1 4 7 15 -8 17%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
15/16 Senior debut season
17/18 First senior goal
23/24 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 7 64 2 0 0 2.81
24/25 29 231 1 0 0 0.39
23/24 23 139 1 0 0 0.65
22/23 46 1,039 8 0 0 0.69
21/22 30 790 3 0 0 0.34
2020 18 153 3 0 0 1.76
20/21 27 361 2 0 0 0.5
18/19 2 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 11 156 4 0 0 2.31
15/16 1 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Ligat ha'Al
29 apps
19 G
6 A
Eredivisie
44 apps
13 G
1 A
Vysheyshaya Liga
31 apps
9 G
1 A
Fortuna Liga
32 apps
5 G
2 A
Super Liga
20 apps
5 G
1 A
Gvia haMedina
8 apps
3 G
2 A
KNVB Beker
4 apps
3 G
0 A
Ligat ha'Al - Relegation round
14 apps
2 G
3 A
Slovnaft Cup
6 apps
2 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
6 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Ion Nicolaescu

Who is Ion Nicolaescu?

Ion Nicolaescu is a Moldova professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

How old is Ion Nicolaescu?

Ion Nicolaescu is 27 years old. He was born on September 7, 1998 in Cahul.

What position does Ion Nicolaescu play?

Ion Nicolaescu plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Ion Nicolaescu play for?

Ion Nicolaescu currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

How many career goals has Ion Nicolaescu scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ion Nicolaescu has scored 64 goals in 218 appearances.

What is Ion Nicolaescu's market value?

Ion Nicolaescu's most recent reported market value is €1.50m.